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Presentation | 2015
Financing Metropolitan Cities: Understanding the Need for Different Approaches and Strategies
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the International Property Tax Conference on Sustainable Strategies for Local Revenue Mobilization.
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Presentation | 2015
Enough Talk: The Case for Permitting New Municipal Revenue Tools
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the OGRA/ROMA Combined Conference, Toronto, February 23, 2015.
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Presentation | 2015
Urban and Transport Planning: The Grand Paris Project Example
Catherine Barbé
In this presentation, Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, explored about some of her experience and strategies with the implementation of the Grand Paris project, and insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.
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Presentation | 2015
Land Value Capture in Canada: Some Applications
David Amborski
Generally understood as a way of allowing the public to benefit from rising land values that result from government investments in infrastructure, or from administrative or regulatory changes in land uses, land value capture can take many different forms. In this presentation, David Amborski discussed the use of land value capture in Canada.
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Presentation | 2015
Value Capture: A Land Based Tool to Finance Urban Development
Martim Smolka
Generally understood as a way of allowing the public to benefit from rising land values that result from government investments in infrastructure, or from administrative or regulatory changes in land uses, land value capture can take many different forms. In this presentation, Martim Smolka spoke about the theory and practice of land value capture as it has been implemented in Latin America.
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Presentation | 2014
Governance and Finance of Large Metropolitan Areas
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the 5th Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth in Germany.
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Presentation | 2014
Institutional Design and the Geography of Rural-Urban Water Conflict in Mumbai, India
Bharat Punjabi
This presentation focused on the regional dimensions of water delivery in Mumbai and looked at the role of institutions and the impact of local laws, agencies, and governance on how water is shared between rural and urban areas.
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Presentation | 2014
Did The Land Transfer Tax Affect Housing Sales In The Greater Toronto Area?
Murtaza Haider and Amar Anwar
IMFG Visiting Scholar Murtaza Haider explores the impact of the Land Transfer Tax (LTT) on housing sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Previous research has shown that housing sales declined after the implementation of the LTT but Dr. Haider’s research concludes that the negative impact on housing sales was not statistically significant.
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